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August 1, 2025

Happy Birthday, Charlie Shavers

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsGrbvy871I Charlie Shavers would have turned 95 years old today. Shavers, a jazz trumpet player…

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August 1, 2025

Up a Lazy River with Hoagy Carmichael

https://youtu.be/9C1vJ2Z8aI0 Howard Hoagland “Hoagy” Carmichael was born at the tail end of the 19th century—November…

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August 1, 2025

This Day in Music: A Newcomer Named Ethel Merman

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s62MrU8mHx4 The Playbill site has the following entry for July 9, 1930 in its highlights of show…

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August 1, 2025

Happy Birthday, Lena Horne

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QCG3kJtQBKo The great Lena Horne would have turned 98 years old today. Lena Mary Calhoun…

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August 1, 2025

Chick Corea: “Alice in Wonderland” and “No Mystery”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2avN8X9w-rc Chick Corea – Amando Anthony Corea, to be precise – was born in Chelsea,…

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August 1, 2025

Happy Birthday, Peggy Lee

https://youtu.be/MHzAcPTg3fU This Day in Music notes that today would have been Peggy Lee's 95th birthday.…

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August 1, 2025

Happy 118th Birthday, Sidney Bechet

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2kC4JZbrQxw All About Jazz reports that the very important clarinet and saxophone player Sidney Bechet was…

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August 1, 2025

The Great, Troubled Art Pepper

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y74cm_nLIv4 It seems as if alto saxophonist Art Pepper had two careers: As an influential…

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August 1, 2025

Jazz Flute King Herbie Mann

https://youtu.be/KjMDESjuYEE Herbert Jay Solomon – Herbie Mann – is perhaps the best known and greatest…

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August 1, 2025

Happy Birthday, Slide Hampton

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lt5xN0xJVXs Trombone players don't get enough respect. It seems as if it is a terribly…

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Happy Birthday, Charlie Shavers

Up a Lazy River with Hoagy Carmichael

This Day in Music: A Newcomer Named Ethel Merman

Happy Birthday, Lena Horne

Chick Corea: “Alice in Wonderland” and “No Mystery”

Happy Birthday, Peggy Lee

Happy 118th Birthday, Sidney Bechet

The Great, Troubled Art Pepper

Jazz Flute King Herbie Mann

Happy Birthday, Slide Hampton

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